Occasionally I wrote a post I really don't want to, but feel I must. This one impacts two people I respect a lot, Bill De La Cruz and Chris King (Chris peripherally).
Bill wrote a nice letter to the editor today about Chris King. A little lot overflowing with praise but a reasonable letter for someone who sees the potential in what Chris is doing. But Bill missed one little item in his letter.
Bill is a part-time consultant for BVSD working for Chris (basically doing outreach in a meeting a month). Now there is nothing wrong with publicly stating that your boss walks on water, all of us do that at times. The problem is not disclosing it in the letter.
And no, the phrase "working with Chris" does not make it clear that Bill is a paid consultant. All of us that volunteer on BVSD efforts work with BVSD employees while we remain unpaid.
I do think Bill is a great person for this work. And I respect him a lot, both for what he has accomplished for BVSD and for how he approaches problems. But I think he should have disclosed his job in the letter.
And this issue has nothing to do with Chris King, but he will (unfairly) get a bit of blowback on this - which is too bad.
